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Points: 5111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2018 at 00:33
Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

...Krautrock and German and French and Italian prog really sucks though IMO, otherwise...

Preach it brother! And their food tastes funny, and some of them don't even speak American! Sucky Europe.

IMO, lol.

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Points: 12382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2018 at 08:33
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

Krautrock and German and French and Italian prog really sucks though IMO, otherwise, lol. Eloy is the only German band I listen to other than this one I forgot. It's a curse from the nordic Krautrock gods.

I think somebody's got a lot of homework ahead of them...
Indeed. I know everyone is entitle to his/her own opinion/taste, but boy, how much great music are they missing.
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Points: 156 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2018 at 16:53
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

...Krautrock and German and French and Italian prog really sucks though IMO, otherwise...

Preach it brother! And their food tastes funny, and some of them don't even speak American! Sucky Europe.

IMO, lol.


Kind of true though. Foreign language music is tough to listen to, in my opinion. Then there's the music itself, which DOES NOT sound much like English prog rock when I've listened to it. Not trying to be universal in my judgement but most of what I've heard so far I don't like or find ponderous to listen to.

Also, don't like American prog. Kansas isn't even really that great. I don't listen much to them. Other than that I guess starcastle is okay. I don't listen to newer "prog" which is often populated by American bands for some reason, probably because of the unlistenable metal connection (which may have something to do with why I don't care much for what I've heard from Europe).

I'm more of a pop-rock fan, classic rock etc. than metal. So a lot of what is called prog is really far away from my tastes. I love APP and ELO, for instance. Most people consider that soft rock. Once again, few American bands get very high up on my favorites list even with classic rock.


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If you don't like non-English vocals, check out instrumental bands like Ashra (Germany), Goblin (Italy) and Heldon (France).

Also, to say Kansas isn't that great is (of course) purely subjective. They're a fine prog rock band up through Leftoverture. After that, it's up to you.

Check out the first two albums by Utopia, too. 
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Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

I'm more of a pop-rock fan, classic rock etc. than metal. So a lot of what is called prog is really far away from my tastes.

There's tons of prog that doesn't sound remotely "metal." Wink
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

If you don't like non-English vocals, check out instrumental bands like Ashra (Germany), Goblin (Italy) and Heldon (France).

Also, to say Kansas isn't that great is (of course) purely subjective. They're a fine prog rock band up through Leftoverture. After that, it's up to you.

Check out the first two albums by Utopia, too. 


Will check those bands out.

I love the band Utopia. Forgot they were American. My favorite American bands typically aren't prog but are New Wave or Classic Rock.
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Points: 15007 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2018 at 18:19
Start with these:

Ashra – Correlations; Belle Alliance

Goblin – Profondo Rosso; Zombi 

Heldon – Interface; Stand By
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Points: 8854 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 05 2018 at 23:31
Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

Success... the band is called Flaming Bess....

I got the name Tanzig I think from their album 

TANZ DER GÖTTER

Thanks to everyone for helping me narrow it down when I was looking through the prog archives country page which was posted above by dr wu23



I've reviewed almost all their albums here.  Lots of good stuff even if they don't have what I would call a masterpiece. The first is probably the best.  They were on the tip of my tongue while I was reading your description, but you already got your answer before I got to the thread!

Love this alt mix to the title track




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Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by ReactioninG ReactioninG wrote:

Success... the band is called Flaming Bess....

I got the name Tanzig I think from their album 

TANZ DER GÖTTER

Thanks to everyone for helping me narrow it down when I was looking through the prog archives country page which was posted above by dr wu23



I've reviewed almost all their albums here.  Lots of good stuff even if they don't have what I would call a masterpiece. The first is probably the best.  They were on the tip of my tongue while I was reading your description, but you already got your answer before I got to the thread!

Love this alt mix to the title track



I see a lot of references to Camel music in the PA reviews section.  Might have have to look into this band further.  Wink
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Points: 8854 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2018 at 08:42
^ while you're at it, if you haven't dione so already, check out this other German group who were sometimes called the German Camel.  They too didn't appear until after the peak of prog, but they hung around for 5 acclaimed albums and sold a fair number of records
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2018 at 08:44
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

^ while you're at it, if you haven't dione so already, check out this other German group who were sometimes called the German Camel.  They too didn't appear until after the peak of prog, but they hung around for 5 acclaimed albums and sold a fair number of records



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Points: 8854 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2018 at 22:01
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2018 at 03:20
This Flaming Bess  is an absolutely amazing band!... Wink   I am glad the original poster of this thread had this problem!!!.......LOL

Just bought  several of their albums and loving it!!..
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 Kraftwerk is great. Tangerine Dream is great. But the really nichey stuff which people usually mean I don't get.


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You should check out some of the more modern Krautrock bands such as Electric Orange and Cosmic Ground.

With regard to Italian prog - there is some really great music but if you don't speak Italian you have to consider the vocals as just another musical instrument - I would recommend starting with Le Orme, PFM and Banco particularly their earlier 1970's albums.

I can't speak Italian but really enjoy listening to RPI with Italian lyrics. PFM for example released some versions of their albums with English lyrics but I much prefer the Italian versions. Their most recent release - Emotional Tattoos - had an disc with Italian lyrics and a second with English lyrics, the Italian version is the one I mostly listen too.
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Points: 20468 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2018 at 09:49
Flaming Bess........never heard of them.....well... I like the fantasy art cover far better than the black and white one.......pretty mellow German prog.....has a later feel to it...almost jazzy at times.



ps:  Starcastle...really?....they aren't fit to carry Kansas' equipment.
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Edited by dr wu23 - February 07 2018 at 09:50
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Points: 15007 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 07 2018 at 14:15
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

ps:  Starcastle...really?....they aren't fit to carry Kansas' equipment.
;)

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